W. H. Neidlinger
William Harold Neidlinger (July 20, 1863 – December 5, 1924{{cite book |last= Etnier Villamil |first= Victoria |date= 2004-10-05 |title= A Singer's Guide to the American Art Song: 1870-1980 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wRqH0fccAb4C&pg=PA276 |publisher= Scarecrow Press |page= 276 |isbn= 978-1461655992}}) was an American music pedagogue and composer. He was well known for his musical compositions spanning from religious topics to children's entertainment and was active as a choral conductor and organist.{{cite book |author= |date= 1904 |title= Who's who in New York City and State |url= |edition= 3 |location= New York City |publisher= L. R. Hamersly & Company |page= 977}}{{cite book |last= Averill |first= Patricia |date= 2014-05-27 |title= Camp Songs, Folk Songs |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tqTQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA464 |publisher= Xlibris US |page= 464 |isbn= 978-1493179107}}
Biography
Neidlinger was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a student of Dudley Buck, making Buck's influences and preferred themes being imprinted in his works. Before settling in Chicago in 1901, Niedlinger was a music teacher in Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and studied in Paris and London.{{cite web |url= https://songofamerica.net/composer/neidlinger-william-harold/ |title= William Harold Neidlinger |author= |website= Song of America}} He became the founder of a school for children with Intellectual disability.
Neidlinger was also the composer{{cite magazine |author= |title= Camp Fire Has Lost A Friend |url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082315816&view=1up&seq=189 |magazine= Everygirl's: The Magazine Of The Camp Fire Girls |location= New York City |publisher= Camp Fire Girls of America |date= March 1925 |page= 9}} of multiple songs for Camp Fire Girls of America that were used for the social rituals at that time. His most famous composition is The Birthday of a King.{{cite book |last= Morgan |first= Robert J. |date= 2021-09-07 |title= A Song in My Heart: 366 Devotions from Our Best-Loved Hymns |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rkQgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT707 |location= Ada Township |publisher= Baker Publishing Group |isbn= 978-1493433612}}{{cite book |last1= Studwell |first1= William E. |last2= Hoffmann |first2= Frank |last3= Lee Cooper |first3= B |date= 2012-10-12 |title= The Christmas Carol Reader |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CIkD5rhdva0C&pg=PA10 |location= Milton Park |publisher= Taylor & Francis |page= 10 |isbn= 978-1136591457}} He died in 1924 in East Orange, New Jersey.
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Category:American male composers
Category:American male organists